Shamator District | |
|---|---|
 View of Shamator hills | |
| Nickname: Brotherhood District | |
.svg) Shamator District in Nagaland | |
| Coordinates: 26°06′N 94°54′E / 26.1°N 94.9°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Nagaland |
| Headquarters | Shamator |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha Constituency | Nagaland |
| • MP[1] | Tokheho Yepthomi, NDPP |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Y. Chingyak Konyak, NCS |
| • Assembly constituencies | 1 constituencies |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 34,223 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways |  NH 202 |
Shamator District is the 16th district of the Indian state of Nagaland.[2] It was created on 19 January 2022 and was officially inaugurated on 4 March 2022.[3] The district headquarter is located in the town of Shamator.
- ^ "Lok Sabha Members". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Nagaland govt grants district status to Shamator". ThePrint. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Rio inaugurates Shamator district". Nagaland Post. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.